-you can easily save your variants and even publish them
cons:
-no option of making custom fairy chess pieces
2: omnichess.club
pros:
-you can make your own individual fairy chess pieces, save them and use them in a variant
-the second easiest option on this list
-you can make a 2PC variant up to 8PC variant (but there’s no option of using bots)
-you can make variants where players can make multiple moves
-you can save your variants, and even play them with bots (unfortunately I don’t think the option of publishing still works in 2024)
cons:
-its probably the worst option in this list when it comes to rules, the only rules you can set are stalemate, promotion, castling, en passant, moves per turn, and win condition
-the only fairy chess pieces you can make are: Leapers, Sliders, Leaper riders, limited sliders, pieces with different move and capture, and pieces can’t have more than 24 move capacities
3: Making a variant playable with fairy stockfish (ini file)
Pros:
-This is the best option when it comes to rules
-You can make fairy chess pieces
Cons:
-the second hardest option on this list
-the board size can’t be bigger than 12 files and 10 ranks
-even after finishing the ini file it’s hard to show to people
-the option of making fairy chess pieces is really limited
4: making a interactive diagram for chessvariants.com
pros:
-you can make nearly any fairy chess piece you can imagine
-its also pretty good even it comes to rules
-you can easily this to make the code for the diagram
cons:
-its really hard to save, to save a interactive diagram you need to create a page on chessvariants.com, which requires HTML, making it the hardest the hardest option on this list
1: chess.com variants
pros:
-Easiest option
-theres a lot of rules options
-large community (kinda of)
-you can easily save your variants and even publish them
cons:
-no option of making custom fairy chess pieces
2: omnichess.club
pros:
-you can make your own individual fairy chess pieces, save them and use them in a variant
-the second easiest option on this list
-you can make a 2PC variant up to 8PC variant (but there’s no option of using bots)
-you can make variants where players can make multiple moves
-you can save your variants, and even play them with bots (unfortunately I don’t think the option of publishing still works in 2024)
cons:
-its probably the worst option in this list when it comes to rules, the only rules you can set are stalemate, promotion, castling, en passant, moves per turn, and win condition
-the only fairy chess pieces you can make are: Leapers, Sliders, Leaper riders, limited sliders, pieces with different move and capture, and pieces can’t have more than 24 move capacities
3: Making a variant playable with fairy stockfish (ini file)
Pros:
-This is the best option when it comes to rules
-You can make fairy chess pieces
Cons:
-the second hardest option on this list
-the board size can’t be bigger than 12 files and 10 ranks
-even after finishing the ini file it’s hard to show to people
-the option of making fairy chess pieces is really limited
4: making a interactive diagram for chessvariants.com
pros:
-you can make nearly any fairy chess piece you can imagine
-its also pretty good even it comes to rules
-you can easily this to make the code for the diagram
cons:
-its really hard to save, to save a interactive diagram you need to create a page on chessvariants.com, which requires HTML, making it the hardest the hardest option on this list